Testimony of David Dadosh Dvir Dobetzki, born in Metz, France, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Metz, Royan, assumed identity in Chalus, Ringlikon camp and other places

Testimony of David Dadosh Dvir Dobetzki, born in Metz, France, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Metz, Royan, assumed identity in Chalus, Ringlikon camp and other places Life before the war; member of the eastern European community. Outbreak of the war, 1939; evacuation of the French western border settlements; life in Royan as refugees; German occupation of France, 1940; life until summer 1942; receives a warning from the head of the Gestapo on the expected deportation the day after; escape with the family to Chalus; life in Chalus with an assumed identity; work as a courier of forged documents for a group of youths; arrest by the Gestapo; escape; escape with a group of youths aged 18 years old to Switzerland, 1944; capture by the Swiss Border Patrol; deportation to Ringlinkon camp; transfer to Schlossberg; camp life; refusal to perform hard labor; transfer to an institute of juvenille delinquents; life in the institution with friends from Metz; end of the war. Return to France; life in France; Zionist activities; aliya to Israel with Machal, 1948; combat in Israel's War of Independence; drafted to the General Security Services; drafted to the Mosad.